Eastern Hills Friends Meeting Newsletter, Oct 31, 5015
by ehmeeting
Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
Oct 31, 2015
Calendar of Events:
Oct 31: New Burlington Friends will hold their annual Family Fun Night from 3-5pm.
Oct 31: Quaker Knoll Camp Closing- 9AM- Come help. Many hands make for light Work!
Oct 31: WYM announces the USFW Fall Conference on Oct 31st, 9am: Register by Oct 26th
Nov 1: FWCC World Quaker Day
Nov 1: Miami-Center Quarterly Mtg. will be held at EHFM from 2pm to 6pm. Potluck at 5pm
Nov 4: Interfaith Prayer Gathering for Peace program Greater Anderson Promotes Peace at EHFM, 7pm
Nov 5: Interfaith Dialogue at Eastern Hills Friends Mtg. from 7:30 – 9:00pm
Nov 7: Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light, Cecilia Pohs Buckley, Bloomington Friends, $45
Nov 7: Quaker Movie and Reception: That of God in Everyone, Kenwood Theater, 10-12noon
Nov 8: EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day after MfW. If inclement weather, alternate gathering Second Hour will be held
and workday deferred (see Nov 15 below). Suggest knapsack lunch for Work Day
Nov 12: Interfaith Dialogue at Heritage Universalist Unitarian from 7:30 – 9:00pm
Nov 15: EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day (see Nov 8 above)
Nov 17: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Nov 22: EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon
TBD: Women’s Group will sew menstrual kits and dresses for post-partum Haitian women
Mar 4-5: Mini Yearly Meeting, WYM
May 15: EHF to organize State of Society reviews and adult program of Miami Quarterly Meeting
May 22-25: Stoking the Fire
Mar 28: Spring Banquet- 5PM- McCoy Room, WYM
Jan 3: EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon
Jan 16: Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary Mtg. will be held in Peru
Additional Information:
- Movie “That of God In Everyone” followed by reception luncheon at Cincinnati Friends. To reserve passes for the film, and RSVP for the luncheon, contact Kristin at cfm.officeadmin@gmail.com.
- EHFM Bible study group to be formed, facilitated by Dale and Franchot. Time and place TBD, pending a head-count of potential participants (please contact facilitators, if interested).
- The Faith and Practice Committee (OVYM) reports the need for multiple teen and nominating committee members, an assistant recording clerk, and an assistant treasurer. EH Friends are asked to prayerfully consider the talents of others and whether or not they feel called to serve.
- Starting in September, a Friend will share about his or her spiritual journey monthly during EHFM.
- EHFM will host the program for Miami Valley Center Quarterly Mtg. Responsibilities include potluck, childcare and other hosting responsibilities. Schedule: 2:00pm, Ministry and Counsel; 3:00pm, Program (Eastern Hills will present) is entitled “What is the spiritual authority of scripture: A time of worship sharing; 4:00pm, Miami Center Quarterly Meeting 5:00pm, Pot Luck Dinner.
- The USFW Fall Conference will be Oct. 31 at the Cape May Campus Center. Dover Friends will be hosting. Registration will begin at 9:00 with the meeting at 9:30. The program will be an update on Belize. Lunch will be $6.00. Some special music anticipated before lunch.
- Alert and a request for help from The Diaper Fund which distributes diapers from Ada Chapel in Wilmington, OH. If you have diapers to donate, please call/text Violeta Gwynn 937-725-5071, or email violeta94@hotmail.com.
- ”An interfaith dialogue series will be held at various locales, including Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road. All people, of whatever faith or philosophy, who are seeking greater understanding of others’ beliefs are welcome to attend any evening. The series is sponsored by Franciscans Network, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, and the Eastern Hills Friends Meeting. Sessions will have a different topic and location each evening and will include a visit to a local mosque”
- Earlham School of Religion will host PeaceQuest 2015. “Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peace-making techniques. Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: personal, local, global and parent/child.” Keynote: Mary Lord, Quaker peace activist. Registration $20 (children under 17 free). Scholarships available. To register or submit a workshop idea, contact David Zarembka.
- ”On Pentecost weekend — May 22-25, 2015 — we invite Friends to gather in Cincinnati, Ohio for a retreat experience entitled Stoking the Fire. A lightly-scheduled program of extended worship, prayer, plenary speakers, home groups, topical workshops and attention to the movement of the Holy Spirit. Full registration information is on the FUM website — http://www.fum.org/stoking-the-fire-2015.”
- “FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).”
- Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light program invitation: “Many people ask, ‘What is forgiveness and how do I do it?’ This workshop provides both a structure and a process for journeying through the four phases of forgiveness: 1) Uncovering the Pain; 2) Change of Heart and Commitment to Forgive; 3) Work Phase; and 4) Deepening and Finding the Gift. Through meditation, journaling, song, dance, art, and prayer, we move through the four phases to free ourselves from fear, negativity, anger, guilt and shame—allowing us to connect with the Inner Light of Pure Love within ourselves and others.”
Reflections: Ministry and Counsel offers:
A Poem by Thomas McGrath:
How could I have come for far?
(And always on such dark trails?)
I must have travelled by the light
Shining from the faces of all those I have loved.
The poet sees that he has travelled not by the light from the faces of those who love him but by the light from the faces of those he has loved. One hopes that these faces are one and the same. However, in an interesting turn of phrasing, the poet suggests that his love has stimulated the light in others’ faces. There is an unintentional reciprocity in our love.
We are accustomed to crediting the guidance from the love light that others give us. McGrath reminds us that the love we give contributes to that light.
Reflect on the light that your love has stimulated in others.
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